PC makers that choose to ship Windows XP with icons on the desktop will have to include at least three Microsoft-mandated icons, the company said. News of the requirement that PC makers include an MSN ...

With the release of Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 has come a slew of products based on the operating system. Here s a handful of reviews of the new operating system and products that use it.

Microsoft on Tuesday gave an official name to an upcoming version of Windows XP that aims to make the PC a permanent part of the home entertainment center. Originally code-named Freestyle, this ...

HANOVER, GERMANY – Microsoft for the first time in three years plans to go without a new release of Windows XP Media Center Edition, a company spokesman said Friday. Instead, Microsoft plans to offer ...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Windows XP Media Center Edition is an edition of Windows XP that is available only on a new ...

Microsoft launched its Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system at an event in New York Tuesday, showing the software in PCs from Hewlett-Packard. Windows XP Media Center Edition can be ...

Yep, ran into some problems with MediaPlayer 8 and The Playa on XP. I was trying to watch Enemy at The Gates DivX, which was using a special AC3 sound codec.<P>Found an old copy of Media player 6.4.x ...

Hoping to light a fire under sales of home PCs, Microsoft has unveiled the newest version of its Windows XP Media Center, which is designed to make it easier to download media and burn CDs and DVDs.

JIM ALLCHIN: Good morning, and welcome to the next era in computing. Our industrys potential over the next several years is just staggering, both in terms of what well make possible and how many ...

After years of jealously eyeing the success of consumer-electronics vendors in the living room, and after releasing two versions of its Media Center software to help it gain a foothold in the market, ...